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Recent Examples of midwife
In the early 2010s, a British woman told a New Statesman journalist that her aunt was a midwife in 1940 when Mitford arrived in her ward.
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Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
The practice was first recommended to her by a midwife, along with specific guidelines.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Bowman, a longtime nurse midwife at Charleston Birth Place, a birth center, remembers those conversations with Wardlaw about Green Smith.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Janell Green Smith had attended hundreds of births as a midwife.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
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Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 19 Jan. 2026
The practice was first recommended to her by a midwife, along with specific guidelines.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026
Bowman, a longtime nurse midwife at Charleston Birth Place, a birth center, remembers those conversations with Wardlaw about Green Smith.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Janell Green Smith had attended hundreds of births as a midwife.
—Bracey Harris, NBC news, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for midwife
Noun
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That includes asking questions from both the patient’s and doctor’s perspective.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Many of those mothers might otherwise have arrived at the emergency room in labor without ever seeing a doctor.—
Shane Strum,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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As with most pregnancy symptoms, not everyone experiences it, but pregnancy glow is definitely a real thing, says Tania Lopez, CNM, certified nurse-midwife at Pediatrix Medical Group in Fort Worth, Texas.—
Wendy Wisner,
Parents,
23 Dec. 2025
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More than a third of counties in the United States do not have an ob/gyn, a family physician or a certified nurse-midwife.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
17 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Two babies might be delivered by the same obstetrician, for example, but the mothers could be charged very different amounts.—
Darius Tahir,
NPR,
10 Feb. 2026
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Hill, a pediatrician practicing at the time in North Carolina, had been brought in by the obstetrician to make sense of what went wrong and whether it could have been prevented.—
Daniel Payne,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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Vietnamese refugees who arrived in the 1970s and 80s transformed a stretch of run-down shops into a vibrant commercial district, and their children entered Oklahoma’s mainstream as judges, physicians, attorneys and business owners.—
Ben Fenwick,
Oklahoma Watch,
18 Feb. 2026
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Thomas More Society filed the complaint on behalf of pregnancy centers and physicians who cannot in good conscience comply.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2026
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The business will operate alongside Pig & Horse, which is a more traditional production company and will continue to focus on developing high-end docs and unscripted formats for linear networks.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
17 Feb. 2026
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Incidentally, the budget for Crime 101 was reported to be $93 million, which in Amazon numbers, translates to two and one-third Melania docs.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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His pediatrician ordered a stool sample to rule out foodborne illness.—
Adam Cohen,
Oklahoman,
17 Feb. 2026
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While Basney and Ko have professional music careers, Chow is a pediatrician at Neighborhood Healthcare in Escondido.—
Elizabeth Marie Himchak,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In November 2024, during a routine check-up, a gynecologist found evidence of cancer in Michelle’s ovaries.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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Caught between abandonment and deportation Trained as a gynecologist, Seema worked at a private clinic in Afghanistan.—
Mehr Mumtaz,
The Conversation,
29 Jan. 2026
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Artificial intelligence may help medics detect sepsis earlier.—
Harriet Marsden,
TheWeek,
20 Feb. 2026
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Firefighters rescued one occupant from the apartment where the fire started and performed lifesaving measures, along with medics, for 40 minutes, Willie said, but the man died at the scene.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Midwife.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/midwife. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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